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101+ Key Performance Indicators and Tips – Make the Best KPI Choices

A long list of key performance indicators (KPIs) can be overwhelming, but don’t let that stop you from reading. You don’t need to use them all. You just need to use them wisely.
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Think Micro if You Want to Do Influencer Marketing Right

Stop dreaming big when it comes to your influencer marketing program. You don’t have to pay $1 million for Kylie Jenner to post or even $2,500 for Martha Stewart to do one. Design your campaigns around microinfluencers.
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10 Tips From Best-Selling Authors That Will Polish Your Content

What can you learn from those best-selling fiction authors to make your content marketing shine? A lot. They know how to keep readers turning the page. Here are 10 tips from Stephen King, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Orwell, and more.
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38 Experts Share the Worst Content Marketing Advice

It’s the time of year when advice abounds. But let’s be honest, a lot of it is not worth following. Here’s what some of the Content Marketing World presenters say is the worst content marketing advice they’ve heard.
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6 Instagram Mistakes That Keep Your Brand From Growing

More than 25 million business profiles exist on Instagram. It isn’t the easiest social media channel for brands to master and many make common mistakes that can be easily avoided. Here are six of them.
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24 Marketing Thought Leaders You May Have Missed

Many claim to be marketing thought leaders, yet few genuinely are. That’s what led to this list of 103 authentic thought leaders. Read on to learn about 24 of them who may not be as familiar to you (and get the other 79 names too).
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How Publishers Can Overcome the Content Marketing Paradox

While audiences may no longer see a difference between brand- and publisher-created content, each business type can learn from the other on how to succeed in today’s complicated content marketing landscape.
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42 Popular Blogs Motivating Marketers

If you’re like your fellow marketers, your favorite blogs offer succinct, clear, valuable, useful, and actionable articles. Read on to see if your picks are on this list and to find new sources for inspiration and education.
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Why Google Keyword Rankings Still Matter for SEO

Do keyword rankings matter anymore? SEO changes over the years, but that hardly means it makes sense to overlook search engine rankings. Here are 10 things you need to know (or be reminded of).
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3 Tools to Energize Your Content Planning and Execution

If you love planning, you should love action even more. To create a successful content marketing program, you need to have both. Yet too few companies do both well. Here are three tools that make any content plan actionable.
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In a Creative Rut? Refresh Your Energy With These Inspiring Insights

If you ever get content creator’s block, you’ll want to read this. Acclaimed National Geographic photographer Dewitt Jones talks creativity and the art of finding the extraordinary in the ordinary. Read his words or watch the interview.
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7 Insider Tips to Jump Social Media Hurdles

Most B2B and B2C marketers used social media more in the past year. An effective way to distribute content, it’s a challenging space. Here are seven secrets from North Coast Media’s audience engagement director to help jump those hurdles.